HBO's "Task" finale elicited powerful emotions from Mark Ruffalo's FBI agent, Tom Brandis, far removed from the storyline's cops, robbers and biker gang. After the FBI shoot-out and death in the Oct.

A brightly colored bird that rips open wasp nests to find food took a supporting role in "Task," the Delco-set drama airing on HBO. The summer tanager makes his debut in the show's pilot episode, when ...